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Oliver Skinner

3×3 · top 34.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023SKIN01

Oliver Skinner has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.25, set at Newcastle Open 2023, puts him in the top 34.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,352nd in Australia. Across 3 competitions since January 2023, he has put 54 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.20 in January 2023 to 18.25, a 28% improvement. Oliver has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 34.8% of 284,439 all-time
18.25
signature single · Newcastle Open 2023
54
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×318.2526.86
top 34.8%3,352 / 11,709
2×25.0610.63
top 40.1%3,157 / 8,567
Pyraminx9.2510.92
top 47.0%2,619 / 5,993
3×3 one-handed57.04
early days — 2 solves2,075 / 2,659
4×42:21.562:36.28
top 89.6%2,808 / 3,051

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Orange Zest 2023: 25.20Cubing in the Dilly 2023: 23.72Newcastle Open 2023: 18.2518.2525.208 Jan 202323 Jul 2023

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

  • Bryan Eng — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Vincent Hua — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Oscar Liang — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.25 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.